Radiation Therapy Services

• Our team

• Allied health, nursing and supportive care

• Treatment options

• Will there be a cost?

• What should I bring?

• Can I have an interpreter if I need one?

• Getting to the centre

• Patient Information Brochure

• Information for referrers

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Our multidisciplinary team of highly skilled Radiation Oncologists, Medical Physicists, Radiation Therapists, Palliative Care Physicians, Medical Oncologists, Oncology Nurses, Allied Health and Administrative Staff, deliver the highest standard of individualised patient-centred care.

Each of our attending Radiation Oncologists specialises in specific tumour types and is a member of the appropriate specialist multidisciplinary team, involved with education and research across Peter Mac and Western Health sites.

Our Specialists are:

​Radiation Oncologists:

• Dr Phillip Tran: Breast, Gastrointestinal and Site Director for Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre
• Dr Keelan Byrne: Breast, Lung and Prostate
• Dr Kim Ung: Skin, Melanoma and Neuro-oncology
• Dr Daisy Mak: Gastrointestinal, Upper and Lower GI, Sarcoma and General
• Dr Shankar Siva: Lung and Urology

​Palliative Care Consultants:

• Dr Adrian Dabscheck: Symptom management
  (SMART clinic)
• Dr Sally Greenberg: Symptom management
  (SMART clinic)

Medical Oncologists:

• Dr Ruwani Mendis: Breast and Symptom management (SMART clinic)
• Dr Suzy Kosmider: Lung and Colorectal

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The Nursing and Allied Health team at SHRTC offer support for patients and their families including:

• Nursing (including smoking cessation support)
• Clinical Psychology
• Physiotherapy
• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Social Work
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Pathology
• Palliative Care assessment (in conjunction with Mercy Palliative Care)

 
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To find out more about:

• the type of radiation therapy you or a loved one is having
• what you can expect from your treatment, and
• treatment side effects

Please refer to the information available on the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre website here.

Symptom Management Assessment and Referral Team (SMART Clinic)

• Palliative Care Physicians working in conjunction with the Mercy Palliative Care Liaison nurse at Mercy Palliative Care.

Familial Cancer Clinic
The Familial Cancer Clinic is a satellite clinic affiliated with the Peter Mac Familial Cancer Centre. The clinic runs two-monthly with the genetic counsellors from Peter Mac. The clinic accepts referrals from the community as well as from the health network. The attending physicians are Dr Shirley Wong and A/Prof Lara Lipton, with their interests in genetic breast, ovarian and colorectal cancers.

All referrals to the Familial Cancer Clinic should be faxed to VCCC: (03) 9342 4267.

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There is no charge for patients. Services provided at SHRTC are bulk billed.
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Patients should bring their Medicare card when they attend for their first treatment.
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Interpreters are available through Western Health at no cost.

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Click here for information about where Sunshine Hospital is and transport.
Car parking is available on the hospital grounds. Parking costs are covered by SHRTC for treatment appointments only.
Volunteer and ambulance transport can be arranged for eligible patients when other transport is not practical.

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​Entrance to the Radiotherapy Centre

 Map for car parking at the Radiation Centre

This brochure contains all the key information about services at the Sunshine Hospital Radiation Therapy Centre. This can be downloaded and printed for your convenience.
 

All cancer patients are welcome to attend SHRTC upon referral from their general practitioner or specialist. All new patient referrals are reviewed and triaged within 48 hours by a tumour stream specialist, who will determine the most appropriate clinical team to assess the patient's needs.

Please ensure the following relevant investigations are included in the referral: pathology reports, operative notes, diagnostic imaging and reports.

Referrals may be addressed to the SHRTC site director (below), or to the appropriate tumour stream specialist. Please include your name and provider number.

Site Director: Dr. Phillip Tran
Telephone: +61 (03) 8395 9999
Facsimile: +61 (03) 8395 9950
Go to www.petermac.org  and click 'refer a patient' for further referral information.

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